West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-03-24

anco, who are every day rmhorSsd bv little
anuOyances-a clerks m Manners or a blot
vi INK on bill Of lading, or tho extravaganza
OF "a partner who OVcrtraws his account, or
the undersellng by a business rival, or
the whispering of business condolences in
the street, or the making OF somo lit
tie bad debt which was against your
Judgment, Just to please somebody else Ii is
not the paniso that kill the merchants Panics
come only orc in ten or twenty years IL IA
the constant din OF these everyday aunov-
ances which Is sending 50 many of our Lest
merchants into nervous dyspepsia and paraly-
SIS and the grave. When our national com
merce fel hat on its face, these men stood up
and felt almost defiant; but their life is giving
way now under the swarm Of these pestifer-
Gus annoyances The Lord sent the hornet.
have noticed in the hiGtory of some OF my
congregation that their annOyancos are mul-
uplying, and that they have hundred whore
they used 10 have ten. The naturalist tells
US that wasp sometimes has n family of
twenty thousand wasps and 1t does seem az
" every annoyance of your life bred
million. BY the help Of God to-day want
TO show you the other side The hornet is OF
no usef y, yesl The naturalsts tell US
they are very important IN the worlds
economy; they kin spiders and they clear
the atmosphere; and / really believe God
sends the annOyanCCs OF our life uDon
US 70 Kill the spiders Of the soul and to clear
tine atInosphere OF our skies These annov-
Suces -r's senJ On us, 1 think, 10 WaSa ~ IN
from or lethargy. There is nothing thRt
makes man so lively us nest of yellow
jackets" and think that these annoyances
are intended TO persuade Us OF the fact that
tins - not world for US 20 stop in. IL we
had bed Of everything that was attractive
and soft and easy, what would we. want Of
heayeni You think that the hollow tres
sends the hornet, or you think the dern'sends
the hornet. / want to correct your opinion-
The Lord sent the hornet
Then also think these annoyances come
upon US 70 culture our patience. In the
gymnasium you find upright parallel bars
bars with holes over each other for uegs To h.
put IN Then the gymnast takes a peg in
e2ch hand and he begins TO climb one inch at
b lime, or two inches, and, getting his strength
cultured, reaches after awhile the ceiling.
And II seems 20 me thas these annoy
ances In life are a moral gymnasium, osr.h
worry a peg by which we are 60
climb higher and higher in Christian
ettainments. We all love TO see patience
but 10 cannot be cultured in fair weather IL
is a child of the storm fyou had everything
desirable and there was nothing moro TO get
whnt would you want with patience9 The
only time 70 culture il Is when you are SLAM
dered and cheated, and sick and half dead
"Oh, you say, IF only had the circum-
stances or some well-to-do man i would be
patient too You might as well say: 'If il
were not for this water i would swim: ~ or
II could shoot this gun If IL were not for the
caps When you stand chin deep in annoy
Ruces rs the time for YOU 10 swim out toward
the great headlands OF Christian attainment,
and when your life Is loaded 10 fhe 'uuzzle
with repulsive annoyances-that Is the timo
20 draw the trigger. Nothing but the furnace
will ever burn out Of us the clinkeP and tho
sag. / have formed this theory In regard TO
small annOyances and vexations 1t takes
Just so much trouble 10 tt US for usefulness
ana Tor heaven. Tho only question is
whether we shall take IL in the bulk, or pull
veri2ed and granulated; Here is one man
who takes 10 In tho bulk His back ia
broken, OF his eyesigbt put out, or somo
other awful calamity befalls him; while
the vast majority of people take the thing
piecemeaL Which way would you rather
have itf or course in piecemeal Better havo
five aching teeth than one broken jaw. Better
ten fly blisters than an amputation Better
twenty squalls than one cyclone. There may
be difference OF opinion rs 70 allopathy and
homeopathy; but in this matter OF trouble
like homeopathic doses-smal pellets OF
annoyance rather than some knock down dose
OF calamity. Instead of the thunderbolt give
US the hornet. If you have bank you would
a great deal rather that fifty men shouid come
in with checks less than a hundred dollars
than TO have two depOsitOrs come in the same
day each wanting his ten thousand dollars
In this latter case, YOU cough and look down
at the floor and up at the ceiling before you
would you not rather have these small
drafts OF annoyance on your bank OF faith
than some allstaggering demand upon your
endurancef / want 70 make you so strong
bildb you VIII uOJ huTleuuef 10 small annoy
anceS. In tho village OF Hameln tradition
says, there was an invasion of rats and these
small creatures almost devourcd the town
and threatened the lives Of the population
and the story is that piper came out one
day and played a very sweet tune and all
the vermin followed him--folowed him TO
the banks OF the Ncser, and then no blew a
blast and they dropped in and disappeared
forever or course this is a fable, but / wish
i could, on the sweet flute Of the Gospel draw
forth oil the nibbling and burrowing annoy
ance Of your life, and pay them down into
depths forever. How many touches did the
artist give TO his picture Of "CotOpaxi," D" or his
Heart OF the AndcsW j suppose about so
why do you keep me trembling with
that pencil 50 lOngf Why don't you put II on
IN ono dashP "NO,h says the artist ~ know
how to make a painting it will take fifty
thousand Of these touches And I want you
my friends, 20 understand That 10 is these ten
thousand aunOynnce5 which under God are
making up the picture Of your life, TO be- hung
al last I'M the galleries Of heaven, III Tor angels
% look at God knows how to make picture
j go into "A sculptOr's studio, and see him
shaping a statue He has a chisel iu one
hand and n m8llet in tho other and he gives
"a very gentle strOkc-click, click. CliCkf /
say Why don't you strike harderF ooh"
he replies. TINT would shottcr the statue i
can't DO it that way, j must do it this way
so he works ON, and after awhile the feat
ures come out. and everybody that en-
lefs tue studio iS charmed Nul fascinated.
Well, GOi has your slIl under process of de
velopnent, aud it is the little ouuovanccs and
voxatious Of lifo that are chiscIiug out v0ur
immortal nature It b. click click click ]
WoudI Why some grc1t providence does not
come, and with one stroke prepare you for
heaven. An, no, God says that is not the
way. And sD he keeps ON by strokes of little
veNatOn7, until at last you shall be "a glad
spectacle for angels and for men Tou know
That largo fortune may boz spent iu
small change. and a vast amount OF moral
gnHi tl.ter may 20 away Bon small depletion
10 is Che little troubles of life that are having
more effect upon you than great ones. 4
swarm OF loCu-ts win Kin n grain field sOoneg
than the incurziOn of three or four cattle
You say. "3ince i lost my child. since lost
my property. j have been n different man
But You do not recognize tho architec-
ture OF Little annoyance Chat are hewing, dig
ging, cutting shaping, splitting and in-
NrJoiniug your moral qualities. One luc.ieg
match may send destruction through a block
OF storehousege Catharino dc McdiCis got her
dcatn from smelling poisonous rosa Colum-
bus, by stopping and asking for n piece OF
bread and drink of water at a Franciscan
convent was Jed 20 tho discovery Of n now
world And There is an intimate connection
between trlies and immcns.tio9 between
n0th.ugs and yerythings
Now be careful 30 Jet none Of those annoy
auces 30 through your s9ul unarraivued
Compel them ~ administer o. your spiritual
wealth. The scratch of ~ sIxpeuny- SOFAS
times produces lock jaw and the clip OF 3